The following is happening...

I have a graphic 800 x 240 pixels

I change document properties to fit selection

I go to the xml editor
change
width 800 to 100%
height 240 to 100%
and add
viewport 0 0 800 240
on return to my graphic the document size is now completely different.

I have done this operation on quite a few images before without problems.

(Only thing new in my graphic itself is that I've used clone/tiling, just thought I'd mention it in case it was a known buggy feature!)

Just to add

The svgs are on the index page of http://www.gamemorize.com

The problem is with the first one, resize your window and refresh and you'll see how the second one resizes correctly but not the first one.

Before uploading I changed the xml width/height in notepad. But there is still some problem...

Hhhm....resize to selection has been buggy, over the years. Or it may be more precise to say that using it can create a certain bug. Someone who understands XML will have to look at your SVG file to be sure. But I suspect the problem you describe could be related a known bug.

What happens if you try the same thing, except try it on a document where you do not use resize to selection/content?

Hey there!

After I go in and set the XML I come out to find I have a MASSIVE document page size!

I also resized the doc properties manually.

I'm just reinstalling inkscape...

Right on I'm the case!

I'm going through the xml and lo and behold the page size that 100% by 100% gives me is the size of the original clone tile I used (I happened to have been working with a massive inkscape window (each clone was 1000 x 724 pixels... now how on earth am I going to fix this!!!!!!!!

EDIT
No i'm not on the case, the results are being replicated without cloning tiles, I'm baffled. What I was doing fine two weeks ago I can't now...

HERE'S THE ANSWER

- I'm stupid

HINT (for who wants error sorting practice)
- Read again what little code I actually wrote
Yes man is lesser than even Inkscape in progress



ANSWER
viewBox not viewport (i'd been looking into them a lot last week... well that's my excuse)

Sorry for troubling any of you, thanks for your help Brynn!

You're welcome. I'm glad you got it sorted out